innovation parkour - idea 2009
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A presentation that Matthew Milan did at the IDEA 2009 Conference in Toronto on Sept 15th, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
INNOVATION PARKOUR
@mmilan
@normativedesign
@michaeldila
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Today
1. Ramble about Innovation2. Ramble about Parkour3. Make some not-too-spurious connections4. Talk about the seeds of a practice5. Interview a practicing “innovation parkour-ist”6. Five minutes of madness (co-creation)
INNOVATION IS FUN
BULLSHIT
INNOVATION HURTS
A LOT
The premise of Innovation Parkour
is the assertion that we can learn to innovate
that we can get better at innovating by practicing it
DUH.
What is innovation?
Saul says: innovation creates a better way to deliver value.
@skap5
3 MYTHS
Innovation is expensive
Innovation takes a long time
Innovation can only be done by special kinds
of people
INSIGHT
What is Parkour?
FLOW
DISCIPLINE
NO OBSTACLES
NO OBSTACLES
USE OBSTACLES
‘There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond
them. A man must constantly exceed his level.’
Bruce Lee
INNOVATIONPARKOUR
A PEDAGOGY FOR VOLITILITY
INNOVATIONPARKOURIS
SOCIAL SOFTWARE
YOU ARE THE CODE
Man is born free, but everywhere he is in
chains
Routinized work produces efficient and predictable outcomes
What happens when things become unpredictable?
How likely is it that people will not panic in such circumstances?
2 STORIES
PILOTS
1983AC143The Gimli Glider
2009US1549
How did this happen?
Why didn’t Sully panic?
“The training provides pilots with important technical skills -- they can practice flying
crippled planes -- but it also teaches them something more important: how to draw on
an optimal blend of reason and emotion. They learn how to ignore their fear when fear isn't useful and how to make quick,
complicated decisions in the most fraught situations.”
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“Flight crews don't panic because they've
practiced staying calm.”
“He who handles the quickest rate of change survives”
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I thought Cybernetics was freezing dead
people...with apologies to Paul Pangaro
Is innovation a conversation with
constraints?
Parkour is not about running & climbing.
Parkour is about navigating uncertainty
in real-time.
PARKOUR IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING & CLIMBING. !
PARKOUR IS ABOUT NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY IN REAL TIME. "
How do we get there?
How do we get there?
How do we innovate?
LADDER OF SKILLS
Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence
What lies beyond Unconscious Competence?
MASTERY
PROPOSITION:Innovation favors the prepared mind
The prepared mind allows us to
navigate uncertainty
Tennis drills are repetitive and relentless. They teach the body to think, so the
mind can do strategy.
There is nothing secret about yoga. The poses
are well established across many styles.
But it is a bottomless practice
Each of these practices is about the synthesis of flow & repertoire
A KINO-COGNITIVE
MODEL
flow+repertoire=
innovationinsight
Innovation is cheap
Innovation can be done quickly
Innovation can only be done by anyone
But we must practice
How do you practice innovation?
Beginning a practice
THEUNFINISHED
KERNEL
VISUALIZATION
PRACTICE SEEING
COLLABORATION
PRACTICE TRUST
PARTICIPATION
PRACTICE OPENNESS
INNOVATION
PRACTICE FREEDOM
INNOVATIONPARKOUR
A PRACTICE FOR GENERATING INSIGHT
ON-DEMAND
Prototyping in the wild
Practice freedom by embracing obstacles
6 Teams1 Hour1 Experience
Teach the Body to Think
Tonight’s Special Guest:
Dennis Schleicher Jr
Tonight’s Musical Guest:
You.
TheFuture is Unfinished
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